Our history in Croatia

From the first business contacts to a global technology powerhouse
Milestones of business development
1886–1893
Siemens Österreich (ÖSSW) agrees to build a municipal power plant with a lighting system for the city council of Agram (Zagreb)
1910
ÖSSW supplies Agram (Zagreb) with an electric streetcar
Around 1910
ÖSSW opens a Technical Bureau in Agram (Zagreb)
1921
Siemens AG in Yugoslavia (Jugoslovensko Siemens d.d. Zagreb-Beograd), with a heavy current and a light current department, is founded by ÖSSW and Siemens & Halske Vienna
1930
Siemens AG in Yugoslavia supplies electrical components for the Karlstadt hydroelectric power plant and builds the power transmission line Agram (Zagreb)-Karlstadt
1941
Siemens AG in Yugoslavia is dissolved and Siemens AG in Croatia is founded in Zagreb
1945
Siemens AG in Croatia is dissolved
1966
Siemens supplies remote control equipment for the state railways in Croatia
1992
A Siemens sales company, Siemens d.d., is founded in Zagreb
1994
Siemens and the Croatian Koncar Holding found a joint venture for transformers in Zagreb (Koncar Power Transformers Ltd.)
2002
Siemens supplies the electrical equipment for the “project of the century” involving the water supply system and waste water treatment system at Kaštela Bay (Split)
2007
Siemens supports the Croatian government in introducing a border management information system
2011
Siemens signs a contract with ECO d.o.o. for the delivery of 16 wind turbines for the Zadar 2 WF and Zadar 3 WF projects making this the largest individual contract ever for Siemens in Croatia
2012
The Ministry of Health and Siemens Croatia sign a PET/CT scanner supply contract for the Zagreb University Hospital Center
2012
A Siemens consortium wins the contract for the delivery of a modern electronic signaling and safety system at Zagreb main station